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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the boy offer Utz to eat?
(a) A baguette.
(b) A tin of olives.
(c) A chicken leg.
(d) A duck breast.

2. What does the man from Utz's bank hand to Utz?
(a) A postal order.
(b) A bag full of money.
(c) A check.
(d) An envelope full of money.

3. What does Utz say it is too late for a woman to love him for?
(a) His money.
(b) His morals.
(c) His looks.
(d) His taste.

4. What does porcella mean in Italian?
(a) Fat pig.
(b) Porcelain.
(c) Little sow.
(d) Big man.

5. What room does the narrator ask to see?
(a) The kitchen.
(b) The loinge.
(c) The dining room.
(d) The bathroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Utz say he had his feet on both sides of the iron curtain?

2. What would Marta hide the hare or peasant under to get past the police?

3. Where is Dr. Frankfurter's porcelain made?

4. What does Utz's robe have on its shoulder?

5. In what city does Utz meet Dr. Frankfurter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the woman on the train disgust Utz?

2. Describe Utz's bathrobe.

3. What does Utz conclude about luxury?

4. How did the German's use Bottger's porcelain during the 1923 inflation?

5. Why does Utz say he took up alchemical studies?

6. Why did people think gold could save one from death?

7. What does Utz like about the soprano he sees at a show?

8. Why is Marta devoted to Utz?

9. What did Utz fantacize would happen on his trip?

10. Describe the porcelain figure Dr. Franfurter sells Utz.

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